S20910 Stainless Steel vs. R30035 Cobalt
S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R30035 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys. They have a modest 35% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is R30035 cobalt.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 9.0 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 170 to 740 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 62 | |
| 40 to 74 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 84 to 89 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 900 to 1900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 300 to 1650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 100 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 160 to 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 210 to 5920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 to 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 29 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 24 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 23 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 29.1 to 39 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 9.0 to 10.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 33 to 37 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |